Category Archives: WLS-AM 890 Local News
VIDEO: Six people arrested on mob action charges after Christmas Eve Gurnee Mills Mall Fight
Clockwise from top left: Deaja Cherry, Amanda M. Ortiz, David D. Wales and Juan A. Padilla | Lake County sheriff’s office (GURNEE) Authorities have arrested six of the seven adults wanted on mob...
Jan 25, 2017
‘Celebgate’ hacker sentenced to nine months in prison
(CHICAGO) A federal judge painted a portrait of a world that "inspires secrecy and anonymity and intrusion into the affairs of people's private lives" as he handed a South Side man a nine-month prison...
Jan 25, 2017
12 Latin Kings gang members indicted in Indiana
Sean Michael Pena (left) and Timothy Maurice Diaz | U.S. Attorney’s office (HAMMOND, Ind.) Twelve members of the Latin Kings gang are now facing narcotics distribution and racketeering ch...
Jan 25, 2017
Toyota Recalls Some Pickup Trucks
By Jennifer Keiper, WLS-AM 890 News (CHICAGO) Toyota is recalling thousands of pickup trucks because of a rear bumper problem. Seventy-nine thousand Toyota Tundra pickup trucks from the 2016 and 2017 ...
Jan 25, 2017
SNAP announces director named in lawsuit has resigned
(CHICAGO) A longtime leader of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, an advocacy group that has for decades publicized allegations of sexual abuse by priests, left the organization at the ...
Jan 25, 2017
WEATHER – Considerable cloudiness with occasional rain showers. Snow/sleet may mix in. High 42F.
Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Wednesday, January 25th, 2017 OUR NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES FROM THE ROCKIES WITH SOME RAIN RAIN/SNOW MIX TODAY…some light snow tonight…...
Jan 25, 2017
‘Celebgate’ hacker to be sentenced on Tuesday
(CHICAGO) The son of two retired Chicago police officers is set to receive his sentence on Tuesday for the hacking of personal devices that led to dozens of nude photos of celebrities being leaked onl...
Jan 24, 2017
Farm Bureau Not Happy With Trans-Pacific Partnership Withdrawal
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) The Illinois Farm Bureau isn’t happy with President Donald Trump backing out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Illinois Farm Bureau President Richard Guebert,...
Jan 23, 2017
Rockford, Racine listed among most affordable housing markets
By Kate Springer They may be in opposite corners of the globe, but Hong Kong, Sydney and Vancouver have one thing in common. They’re the top three most unaffordable housing markets in the world,...
Jan 23, 2017
National School Choice Week Begins
By Nick Gale, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) National School Choice Week begins today in Chicago and across the country. There are 723 events planned in the greater Chicago, Evanston, Gary, and Valparai...
Jan 23, 2017
